Polyrrhenia
Ancient city · Greece
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- 105
- Coordinates
- 35.467, 23.657
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Polyrrhenia or Polyrrenia, Polyrrhen or Polyrren (Πολύρρην) or Polyren (Πολύρην), or Pollyrrhenia or Pollyrrenia (Πολλύρρηνα), or Polyrrenion (Πολυρρήνιον) or Polyrrhenium, was a town and polis (city-state) in the northwest of ancient Crete, whose territory occupied the whole western extremity of the island, extending from north to south.
History
Polyrrhenia or Polyrrenia, Polyrrhen or Polyrren (Πολύρρην) or Polyren (Πολύρην), or Pollyrrhenia or Pollyrrenia (Πολλύρρηνα), or Polyrrenion (Πολυρρήνιον) or Polyrrhenium, was a town and polis (city-state) in the northwest of ancient Crete, whose territory occupied the whole western extremity of the island, extending from north to south.